Wheeled toy



C. H. PAJEAU. wHEELEn TOY.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 22,4919.

Patented Ma14.9,19270.

UNITED sTATEs? PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES HAI/umori PAJEA, oF EvAfNsToN, iL'LINoIs.

To all 'whom it may concern y Be it known that I, CHARLES HAMILTON PAJEAU, citizen ofthe United States, residing` at Evanston, in thecounty `ofllo'ok and State of Illinols, have inventedroertain new and useful Improvements-n Wheeled Toys;

and I do hereby declare the-following to be a full, clear, and exact. description of the invention, such as Will enable others' skilled in the artto which it appertains to make and use the same.4 My invention lrelates to Wheeled toys and in its general objects aims to equip such a toy With Wheels Varranged so that they will operate interchangeably in any position into which thetoy may be tipped, and so disposed that `the toywill speedily right itselffon other Wheels if tipped olf those Which previously Vsupported it.-

my lnvention aims to provide a Wheeled toy With auxiliary Wheelsarranged for-operating interchangeably with the regularwheels of the toy; to dispose these auxiliary Wheels so that they willbe operated When thetoy is tipped or Vrotated for aquarteifturn about its-longitudinal` axis, to arrange both sets lao of'vvheels so that the inoperative ones Will be out of contact Withthe floor, to provide Vsuch van effective spread ofthe Wheels asfwill Vafford aA high degree of stability for the toy, and `to ydispose both sets of Wheels so that the -toy Willbe comparatively unstable WhenV in any position intermediate between thetwo p ositionsin which the tvvo sets of Wheels are respectively operative. In playing with toys of this general class, the average child is neither sutliciently carefulmor sufficiently experienced toy avoid a frequent tipping of the toy on-one; side or the'other, therebyrendering the Wheels inoperative and causing parts of the toy to scrape on the floor or to catch on rugs. Consequently,such toys as commonlym use are a frequentfsource of'damage and 'also cause lthe child to Waste a good deal of its time and patience in righting the toy. To overcome ythese objectionslandto increase the enjoyment'afiorded by -such--toys, my invention aims top provide a Wheeled toy equipped 1n yduplicate Wit'hdwheels so arranged that the two sets ofV Wheels Will operateinterchangeably With each othergand to` dispose these Wheels so that a tipping or rotating ofthe `body of the toy for a quarter turn about, its

longitudinal axis willv transfer the` support from oneset of wheels, to theother.--Still further objects will appear from the follow- More particularly, i

longitudinal axis of itsbody,

WHEELED rox.

. lsjmimtion pf Leitersratent. Patented Mar', 9,1920, Application led September 22,1919'. SeriallNo. 335,507.7 v 'Y toytaken along thecorrespondingly num n bered line of Fig.' 1. F ig.. Sis a similar section taken With the toy tipped to the unstableinterrnediate positlon.

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` Fig. 4.- is an elevation of the fourV vvheeled j toy also embodying myinvention. Inthe embodiment of Figs. 1 to 3inclusive theftoy as illustrated includes a body 1 adapted to be drawn by a string'2 andA sup'.

ported (by two pairs of vWheels 3 -and 4 pivotedfto the body 1 on horizontal axles I extending transversely of the said rbody.

lThe body ofthe toy also car-ries a second set :of Wheels' ando pivotedtothebody 1: i

on axles extending verticallyand tra-nsversely of this body. All eightof the Wheels -f 'i are desirably equi-valent in size'andreach Wheel is 'larger'jin diameter than the ex tremevlength ofthe shaft'or mounting' for the same, so that with the toy in the position ofPFig. 1, only the rWheels 3 'and 4 contact kWith the floor. Likewise, if the toy is' tipped or rotated for ininety degrees about the be engaged onlyby theauxiliary Wheelsff the floor `Will ando, while the Wheels `1 and 2 as vWell as the f vmountings for the :same lWill clear!A the floor. Consequently, the toy can be set-down With either'rof-the setsof Wheels-f engaging the floor and canbe pulled along Without having `any parts of thebodyor axlesscrape on'the F or the desired stability, I Y`prefeiaibly *spread each pair of .Wheelst'o a` vspacing i Which approximates 'the diameterofjfthe companion V'Wheels while still leaving a sufiicient difference-'in these dimensions` toiaf- 'ford' the floor clearance yabove' described. "I also desirably space the Wheelfmembe'rs of each set so as to affordL a-'Wheel{ ybase of considerable length,v this *beingeasily done by making -the Wheel base'rnore than three times the diameter of kthe. vvheels.

other and the toy may thusbe'tippedfor thermore, by spreading each pair of` Wheels `With the parts thus proportioned. the ordi-k -I *l `nary tipping 'of the toy Will simply transfer' 1 the support from oneiset of wheels tothe -20 i to,A Fig. 1.V lVhen-usingsuch a toy, it will so that the distancev between the outer faces I approximates the diameter of the companion wheels, I cause the wheels of the toyto have a quite narrow and effective spread between .their ,bearing points longitudinally" 'f tive when thetoy is tipped to this position are so close to eachother that it will require only" a slight tilting, toward either side to carry the Acenterof gravity of the toy -outside of these lines, whereupon the toy' rights itself 'in the position of Fig. 2. Conse- (niently,- the toy when in this position will be so unstable that a slight jarring of the same will-.tip it into the position of Fig.A l or intoV a corresponding position at right angles vtherefore be unnecessary for the child toV pay any attention whatever to theposition of the toy, as no tipping of the same willinterfere with its rolling along on someof its wheels,

; and even if the toy is` lifted entirely off the Y floor or raised and jerked when striking against objects onv the floor, the toy will in-` stantly right itselfv and be in" position for continued operation` VI'Iowever, `while I1 haveV heretofore i, dei scribed the toy ofmy invention in a certain desirable embodiment,- I do notV wis'hto be V.limited to the detailsof construction or arrangement thus disclosed, it being obvious Vthat the same might be modified inmany ways without departing from the Vspirit-.of

invention.. VFor example, each pair of oppositely dis osed wheels as heretofore mentioned'mig t be considered as a singleV wheel memberand theypurposesof'my -invention may be accomplishedby employing 'Y a single wheel as such. Va wheel member. In

this oase, I- desirably" make the single-piece wheel members relatively wide as shownr for example 'n Fig. 4, so as to insure the desired approaching fof the two wheel-base lines when the toy is tilted for only forty-five de-V grees about its longitudinal axis, but still 'maintain the V'same general proportioning of" -the parts, so that the, diameter of ach wheel will be greater than the extreme width of axis'f thewhei. f Y

. I fclaim as my invention;

Vthe toy in` a'directio at right angles to the l; `A wheeled :toy includinga bodv, and two v.interchangeably. operativev pairs of wheel members, the .members of each pair having a suilicient lateral spread for' affordvingra stable support for the body, the'two pairs ofwheel members being so disposed. thatthe support isitransferred from one to .v f the other wheneverthe toyis rotated a quarterturn about its' longitudinal axes.-

2. A wheeled toy including a body, and

two sets" of `intereh'alig'eably operative wheels, the wheels of each set being substantially alined with eachother yand at Vright angles to the wheels of the other set,

and the wheels of each set being adapted to afford a stablesupport for the body.

3. A wheeled toy having two pairs of interchangeably operative wheels, the wheels of each4 pairbeing substantially alined with each otherand at right angles to thewheel's of thel other pair, the wheels of each pair being larger in diametery thantlieextreme width Aof the toy in a direction transverse to the facev Of these wheels.

l. A wheeled toy including a body, two relatively transverse shafts carried thereby, and two wheelsrespectively mounted on the shafts, the diameter of each wheel u being greater, than the extreme width ofthe toy in the direction transverse to the face of the wheel.; Y Y. ,i

A wheeled toy havingtivopairs of 'interchangeably operative wheel members, the

wheel members of each pair being substanwheel members being nearer to each other than, the eifective spread of each wheel member.`

6; wheeled; toy having interchangeably operative wheels so disposedthat theV sup- .port is transferred from` one tothe other whenever the toy is rotated a quarter turn Y about` its longitudinalaxes, and so .that a rotating ofthe toy for an eighth of -ahturn ,from one of the aforesaid positionsV will afford a relatively unstable position in which the interchangeably operative wheelsH coperate in the supporting. L 7; A .wheeledVV toyV havingv two sets of set'will alone 'afford a -relatively stable support 1for` the', body7 of the toy, while lthe wheels ofboth setscan coperate in jointly affording a less stable support for the body of the toy. Y

8. wheeled toy 'having interchangeably y wheels sordisposed that the lwheels of either operative wheels s o disposed that thesip- V port is transferredV from one to the other whenever lthe toyis rotated` aV qnarter turn v about its longitudinal axes-*and so'A that a rotating of thetoy for an eighth ofvaturn from one lof the aforesaid positions vwill cause the interchangeably operative wheels to coperate in the supporting and to then maintain the center of 'gravity of theftoy v.higher than when the Support is provided only by one or the other` of the interchangeablv operative wheels.- Y

unirme amitier raient;

Signedat Ivanston, Illinois, September 18th. 1919. l 

